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The Motor Insurance Bureau Association plans to take its legal challenge against the State to the Privy Council over the government’s collection of more than $1 billion in motor insurance premium taxes since 2008, which it claims was intended to compensate victims of uninsured drivers but has not been used for that purpose.

The Bureau has already secured conditional leave and is scheduled to appear before the Court of Appeal on April 28 for final leave.

In July 2024, Justices of Appeal Prakash Moosai, Charmaine Pemberton and James Aboud upheld a 2017 High Court ruling by Justice Ricky Rahim, dismissing the Bureau’s lawsuit. Rahim had found that the Bureau’s claim, which was supported by Davindra Maharaj, lacked legal merit. He ruled there was no evidence showing the finance minister or the Board of Inland Revenue acted unreasonably by allowing the tax collection.